California seems to going full throttle into creating an environmentally-friendly state with its efforts into expanding its renewable energy sources. If you remember, Southern California is the site for the biggest solar panel installation in the USA. Now, enXco the US subsidiary of Paris's EDF Energies Nouvelles is going to build a 150 MW wind farm in Solano County, California. The project called Shiloh II, is the successor of the Shiloh I, another 150 MW wind farm erected back in 2005. Shiloh II is comprised of 75 turbines of 2 MW capacity each. These turbines were built by REpower, a German manufacturer. Shiloh II is actually the 15th wind farm by enXco in California, bringing the total capacity to 448 MW throughout the state. Shiloh II's construction is due to be finished by the end of 2008.

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